A Moment Of Time

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How Long Have I To Live?

From the Free Presbyterian Tract Society

This question, found in 2 Samuel 19:34, came from the lips of Barzillai, one of King David's faithful friends. Though initially asked several thousand years ago, it is always relevant. It is a question which you would do well to put to yourself today -- "how long have I to live?"

A Very Appropriate Question

The one who initially asked it was an elderly man, eighty years old; thus, it certainly was appropriate for him. But then it is for everyone irrespective of age, for no one has the slightest idea of how long he will live on this earth. Length of life varies from one to another as death records indicate. Death visits the members of the human race at all levels, from infancy right through to the most advanced stage of life. Therefore, since the length of your life is absolutely uncertain, it is appropriate for you to ask yourself this moment -- "how long have I to live?"

A Most Alarming Question

Since you do not know the extent of your life, you should be alarmed lest it suddenly end, and you find yourself unprepared for "the world to come." It is a clearly attested fact in Scripture that however long a person's life may be, the close of it in this world does not bring his existence to an end. The soul lives on forever. Hebrews 9:27 states: "...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" or 'a judgment' as it literally reads. At death there is a judgment, in that the soul continues in conscious existence and goes either to heaven or to hell to await the resurrection. If you are still pursuing a life of sin and neglect of your soul, how alarmed you should be lest death come unexpectedly and your soul be plunged into the torments of hell. Luke 16:22,23 - "...the rich man...died...and in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments...."

An Awakening Question

It is designed to awaken you to see the need to prepare for eternity. Because you do not know ...